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Species Mycobacterium decipiens
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- Mycobacterium bovis
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- Mycobacterium brisbanense
- Mycobacterium brumae
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium bulgaricum"
- Mycobacterium burgundiense
- "Mycobacterium buruli"
- Mycobacterium camsae
- Mycobacterium canariasense
- "Mycobacterium canetti"
- "Mycobacterium canettii"
- Mycobacterium caprae
- Mycobacterium celatum
- Mycobacterium celeriflavum
- Mycobacterium chelonae corrig.
- Mycobacterium chelonei
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- Mycobacterium chimaera
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- Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum
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- "Mycobacterium coeliacum"
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- Mycobacterium confluentis
- Mycobacterium conspicuum
- Mycobacterium cookii
- Mycobacterium cosmeticum
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- Mycobacterium cyprinidarum
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- Mycobacterium diernhoferi
- "Mycobacterium dioxanotrophicus"
- Mycobacterium doricum
- Mycobacterium duvalii
- Mycobacterium eburneum
- Mycobacterium elephantis
- Mycobacterium engbaekii
- "Mycobacterium erythropolis"
- Mycobacterium europaeum
- Mycobacterium fallax
- Mycobacterium farcinogenes
- Mycobacterium flavescens
- "Mycobacterium flavum"
- Mycobacterium florentinum
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- Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Mycobacterium fragae
- Mycobacterium franklinii
- Mycobacterium frederiksbergense
- "Mycobacterium fukienense"
- Mycobacterium gadium
- "Mycobacterium gallinarum"
- Mycobacterium gastri
- Mycobacterium genavense
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- "Mycobacterium giae"
- Mycobacterium gilvum
- "Mycobacterium globerulum"
- Mycobacterium goodii
- Mycobacterium gordonae
- Mycobacterium grossiae
- "Mycobacterium hackensackense"
- Mycobacterium haemophilum
- "Mycobacterium hainanense"
- Mycobacterium hassiacum
- Mycobacterium heckeshornense
- Mycobacterium heidelbergense
- Mycobacterium helveticum
- Mycobacterium helvum
- "Mycobacterium hemophilum"
- Mycobacterium heraklionense
- Mycobacterium hiberniae
- Mycobacterium hippocampi
- "Mycobacterium hippophais"
- Mycobacterium hodleri
- Mycobacterium holsaticum
- Mycobacterium holstebronense
- Mycobacterium houstonense
- "Mycobacterium hubeiense"
- "Mycobacterium icosiumassiliensis"
- Mycobacterium immunogenum
- "Mycobacterium indicuspranii"
- Mycobacterium innocens
- Mycobacterium insubricum
- Mycobacterium interjectum
- Mycobacterium intermedium
- Mycobacterium intracellulare corrig.
- Mycobacterium intracellularis
- Mycobacterium iranicum
- "Mycobacterium jacuzzii"
- "Mycobacterium jinjuensis"
- Mycobacterium kansasii
- Mycobacterium kiyosense
- Mycobacterium kokjensenii
- Mycobacterium komaniense
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- Mycobacterium komossense
- Mycobacterium koreense
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- Mycobacterium lacus
- Mycobacterium lacusdiani
- Mycobacterium lehmannii
- Mycobacterium lentiflavum
- Mycobacterium leprae
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium lepraefelis"
- Mycobacterium lepraemurium
- "Mycobacterium lepromatosis"
- "Mycobacterium liflandii"
- "Mycobacterium lipsiensis"
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- "Mycobacterium malmesburii"
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- Mycobacterium malmoense
- "Mycobacterium manitobense"
- Mycobacterium mantenii
- Mycobacterium marinum
- Mycobacterium marseillense
- Mycobacterium massiliense
- "Mycobacterium massilipolynesiensis"
- Mycobacterium mengxiangliae corrig.
- "Mycobacterium mephinesia"
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium methanica"
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium methanotrophicum"
- Mycobacterium microti
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- "Mycobacterium numidiamassiliense"
- Mycobacterium obuense
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- Mycobacterium palauense
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- Mycobacterium paraense
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- Mycobacterium poriferae
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- Mycobacterium pulveris
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- Mycobacterium pyrenivorans
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- Mycobacterium shimoidei
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- "Mycobacterium shinshuense"
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- Mycobacterium simiae
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- "Mycobacterium sinense"
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- "Mycobacterium spongiae"
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- Mycobacterium stomatepiae
- "Mycobacterium suricattae"
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- Mycobacterium szulgai
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- "Candidatus Mycobacterium tarwinense"
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- "Mycobacterium terrae"
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- Mycobacterium tusciae
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- "Mycobacterium valentiae"
- "Mycobacterium valentiae"
- Mycobacterium vanbaalenii
- "Mycobacterium vasticus"
- Mycobacterium vicinigordonae
- Mycobacterium vinylchloridicum
- Mycobacterium virginiense
- "Mycobacterium visibilis"
- Mycobacterium vulneris
- Mycobacterium wendilense
- Mycobacterium wolinskyi
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium wuenschmannii"
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- Mycobacterium xenopei
- Mycobacterium xenopi corrig.
- Mycobacterium yongonense
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Name: Mycobacterium decipiens Brown-Elliott et al. 2018
Etymology: de.ci’pi.ens. L. neut. part. adj. decipiens, deceiver, characterized by deceptive features leading to misidentification as M. tuberculosis
Type strain: ATCC TSD-117; DSM 105360; TBL 1200985
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KF683289
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Brown-Elliott BA, Simmer PJ, Trovato A, Hyle EP, Droz S, Buckwalter SP, Borroni E, Branda JA, Iana E, Mariottini A, et al. Mycobacterium decipiens sp. nov., a new species closely related to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3557-3562. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:297-298.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
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🫡 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Brown-Elliott BA, Simmer PJ, Trovato A, Hyle EP, Droz S, Buckwalter SP, Borroni E, Branda JA, Iana E, Mariottini A, et al. Mycobacterium decipiens sp. nov., a new species closely related to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3557-3562. 🇮🇹
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Record number: 797927
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